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7- -. ED 'FIELD C. H. I"ow,F.1-:A'Vr 21, 19-9 0 Ve cill partiruiarut, a :ton to tLe Pro seediigs of:he public meetir,g held iu iha Court -1House at iltis plcc on Munday l:ct. Juadge Butler'.. We give in this number a fulJer arcint of the eloglient Hnd patritic remaiks of our able and dstinguished Senawt.r, in preseniing to the Senate the R1esolutions (of the Swnlth Cnroliia Legislature on the stilject of slavery. The whole South may be truly proved or so frArlcss and faithful a Represeut;.tive. M6-tement in Tex a s. The citizens of 1larrisoi coi:y, Texas, held a large pub'1c meincetig tin the 10t of January last. at which were adiopted1 a prean ble and Resohisiions ot ilte subject of tho lil mat Proriso, and other tne:irurvs or the North ern Abolitionists, characterized by marked spi6t and bo'd:ei. The Resolutimis were in troduced 'by Col. Lr.wis T. W.WiFALL, fot Merly of our Vi'la.re Among oiliers wo observe the following Resolrd, That the State of Texas ciaims to herself the ri;:hIt to setile and deiermiiie for herself lir (own boundaries; a nd that she will. when neccesary, exercise that right at all biuzw ards. and against all parties. ResclL,' That her tith: to that portion of Whit was formierly the Department of New blexico, lying this side of the Rtio Granle; she carved out w1th the sword, atd that with the sword sie will tu.iltait it-:-hould the ncccsai: ty bb forced upon ier. Q7 Our readers %ill notice an account o. a great pri:e fgh thAt ha recently taken place in Marylan by lwo Yattecs, Hyr ut.d Stzrlvan, in which both were seriously injured and be latter dangerously. Such arT affair is a disgrace to Ihe age and country in chicht tcc lire! GCeorgia Al,oving. Spirited piblic -ncetings have been held at M1acon and Upson, Georgia, to deliberate on the subject of Southcrn wrongs. Strong Res.. olutiogs were adopted. Temperance in the Navy, Defeated. A Bill lias been berore Congress, entitled the Naval appropriation Bill, to which was of fered an anindincrit:io exclude from'te.avy r..inu al-- article of aident s.Pirit. The * Bill, iiich has for its obje::t thte advancesmn of a large sum cof mnoney to a ptrivate nm patty with a view of building a Rail Road to cont * neet the Gnlf of Mexico with the Pac:fic. Onie party is in ravoir of building the Rtoar ac.ross the isthus at Pariama, the~ length o A which would .ba about~ fifty ur.i!cs. Another party prefer the road to Teh~niantepec, whicl will be about 120 miles in lenigth ; but bey thei route the genetal distanice wi.l be less. Tia Bill is n.w undergoing discssion in the Sen ate. The object in view is to build this Eload~ as temporary afahir until means a:td opportut * nimy ai-e cuifsred fLir contrumcting one through our owon-forosts to California.. Thne Protocol. The riiessage of the Presidenit in reply to the Resolutionts of thc [louse of Represntatives calling ror il the dusmenits anid corre.piion dence relating to the treaty of peace conclusded between the United States andI Mexico, hars ac. tad as a perrect codecr to the foubsh excitemsenl attempted to be produced1 by Mr. Stephens ansd hsis condljuttors on' tlie sub'ject if* the P'rotocEl. For the infonrmtation ofC cur genrerail readlers, we will add a few words explansator) of thti. matter. Protocol is tihe rnme. somrew~hat imn properly, giveh to th:e pnrclc con:-crsatio;s (ptut it writing) held by our comiiornrers, Messrs Sevier and C:iflfrd, htiih the Psesident of the Mlexican Repniei., tonzel9nr s the odificartiuml of the treaty made b.y the United States Sent ate, with the view of obtain:ing the Mexicar Presidenit's signat'nre to the tiraty, after it hat beenm ratified, ciths the miodiflcatioris rf the Uner tid States Scnalc, by thse Mexican s Congress. 'These wriltt contvernrtionts give a igore defini ite conistrntctihon to the articles mnoditied by ott Sessate as to their ncaning arid designa, atu have ben appended to the treaty, unsder th< ismme of Protocol. The peaper was senit alotrl wit the other dloetnmsents acconmpanyinsg the Treaty from Mexico to Watshinigton City where it was depotsited amuong thec archsives o the tnation,. without being laid befosre Congeress Thegrounds .of objection, stow, are : First That the Protocol hit effect abrogates the amuendmnents of the United States Senate, and * so affects thse termus of thse treaty itself as to de stroy its validity. Sconsdly, That the Presi dents-of tIme Uni:ed States hIas wrontgfu:lly sug pressed ;snd asrt fully contcaled a pprNke * irtially rescitids the trea-y by ainnulling~ ti bindinig forc'c of its stipulad~on's.. lessph cr nd c apid dechmaition have beet *expetnded by the oratmorical wits in thse.~owe House of Ctnyjess, amnontg whsom st.mds con ipicously, Mr. Stephens of.Georgia. _ NIuw is there alny just fundation for all thsi esptioins special picaldinig? Dues thle Protoco abrogate or alter thse Treaty This it coult niot in realit' do; for the privaic acts of miere commntissioners, though mnade in puirsuanice o. instructions redeived -from. the Secretary o State, could niot abrogate a treaty ratified asid 'signed by;the President. W4 are surprised that the'blindesi party zeal could so ilfatuate, as to lead a man to such a conjecture. But to the total disco'ifiture of these partizan zealots, it so happens, that the construction put upon the Senate amendinents in the Protocol, is in strict accordance to the expolanation given by Mr.-Buchnnan, Sectetary of State, to the commissioners in a letter of instructions, and to the Mexican goreriment itself through its Mini ters of foreign afairs. The Piotocol must be regarded thenit as the official interpreta. tion by onr Government of the amended treaty. In proof of this we refer our readers to the President's Message, and to the letter of Mr. Buchanan .to Mr. Sevier and M r. Clifford. To suppose, then, the Protocol abrogates the -atenidments made by !he United States Sen ate, is to charge Mr. Buchanan, who was the agent ofthe senateand president, and who wrote under the very eye of both, with annulling the stlemmi acts of the Senate, ratified by the-Prcs ident.' Such a surmjite would be prepo.lerotos, and is fully rebutted by the fact. that Mr. BucLianan's letter, containing the instructions, in strict accordance to which the Protocol was made. was communicated to Congress, along wi:h Iis ratified trcaty on the ith of July 1848, and teas published by its order! If the construc tion put upon the Senate amendments by thi, letter, which is the exact basi; of the Protocol, had met the disapprobation of the Senate or of Congress, would it not have called forth re mark and public censure? lint though known to Congress and to the country, for nearly seven months the matter remained qniet, until Mr. Stephens, to effect sonmc party purpose, has endeavored to give to it an importance, which it does not merit. But the conccang of the Protocol by the President, seems to be a matter of gross cen sure, and a ground oT inpeachment! This ac cusation is certainly without. any reasonable pretext. We ate n(st ruliy prepaled -to say the President pursued a strict line of trite policy in not laying the Protoeal before the Senate upon ita reaching the seat of Government; but his reason, for loot so doing are certainly cogent, and fully rebut any charge of improp er motive. In the first place, he regarded it impolitic, and con:tih.y to the practice of our Governmeut, hastily to spread such documents before the world, lest it might cause some fi ture njury to the pub'ic interests. Secondly' he was well satisfied from ample evidence li fore him, which he communicates in his ms sage, that tho Government of Mexico had agreed to the treaty as amended by,the Senate of .he United States. And Thirdly, he did tnot consider the 'roto-vt , as modifying, enlarging, or ditninishing the terms or effect of the trea ty." In confirmation of all which, he gives facts and reasons, which, to all candid minds, must appear entirely satisractory. The disgusting rhodomontade, therefore, wmith.which t'. " ".--'- . 1 z aucuniig ut tue citizens of Edgefteld Dis, trict, was held, according to notice, on. Monday the 19th inst. in. the Court Houro, to respo~nd to the address of the Southern Delegates. F. H. WARDLAW, Esq., wvas .called to the Chair, and WV. C. iOn AGNE, Esq ,imade Secrctary. Tino Chairman having explained the object of the meeting, Gen. M. L. B3osuzAx, offered the following Resolutions, which were una'ni. mously adopted: Resolved, That the able and pgriotic ad dress of the Southern Delegates in Coggress to their Cor.stitueuts, is replete with solemn warning of danger to. the chartered rights and dearest intercts of the South ; and that as wve believe "i.othing so intolerable as voluntary submission to servitude" and deg radation, we are ready to concur in any metsure of tedress that may be adopted by the soveteign authority of the State. Recsoloed, That we cordially approve of the RIesolutig,ns adopted in 1847, and re-af firmed in 18-49 by Virginia, that venerable mother of States ; and we trust, tihat South Carolina w~ll follow her lead in pny measture of resistance. however hazardous. Rlesolcd, That for the purpose of produ cing concert and co-operation among the people of this State, a committee of saey and correspondence be appointed, to confer wvith similar committees in other Distiicts, antd call together the people of this District, whbncvcr they tmay consider it advisable, The Mhutig wvas addrcsrcd briefly by Messrs. Abney, Lake, Moragne, Bionham, and N. L. Griflin. Mr. SPANX, Submitted the following Reso lutioti, whticth was adopted without dise,ent: Resolved, That neither State jealousies, sectional prejiudicics or difference in party names anid politics, at the South, shall be sufTered to dissever and distract, the simul taneous and united action, whtich the present e.xigency, imperiously demands, in opposition to the spirit,.of Abolitionism. On motion by Gen. BoNHAar, it was re solved, that the Chair, appoint the conmmit tee of safety and correspondence. 'Ehe fol lowing is the committee appointed : N. L. Griffin, [otn. F. WV.Pickens, Col. Jn)hnt Bauskemi, J. P. Carroll, Col. James Tompkins, P'leasant Searles, Mngj. Johno 'Vompkitis, WViley Hiarriso., Col. Johrn Gaskins, James Sheppard, Abram 'Adatts, John Settle, (Gul. .1. Talbert, A buer Per rin,. W. N. Moore. Johnsrilet, Col. 0. Towles, Jas.*Criswell, Col. Win, Stroth er, Trhomas C. G3rifllin, M. WV. Clarey,.D. HI. Hohlitngsworth. J'as. MU. Richardson, 11. C. Culbreath. John C. Alleti, Bennett Ferry. Jas. C. Blroolis, .Maj. Geo. H-ueit, Col. B. 13. BoGkuighit, Col. A uthorSimp kins, Abramn Jonies, Col, Tilltman W~ahson, Dr. John C. Ready, T. II. Loveless, Col. G. D. M'ims. Col. Wilson L. Colemnan, Q'npt. Rt. Ward, Capt. Andrew Kreps,' Derick ilh.,sonhack, Gen. James Jones, D. J. Walker, J. Ilightower. Dr. Milledg6 Galphin, Elred Simpking, Jonathan Mil ler, Capt. 3. 1. Oshorn, Thomp. .0 La Imar, L.ol. M. C. M. llam1n6nd, B. C. IYatncey, E4q Dr. .J. W. S'fnk%s, G. WV. IGainmany. P1. L. Jeff'ers. 'Dr. W. W. 3eiger, Julius .uay Gen. Capt. Andrew Hammond, i miund, Eql. M1dej. John B. I Roswell. Col. W. Lanha Shaw. Col. S. (!hristie,Dr; iant. Dr. John Lake, C01l GiFiffin.'S r; T. G. Bacon, M1oss. M. L. Bonham, P. S C. Morn ne. Dr. 11. Buitl Avory Bland, Daniel 'lIolli On motion, the. Thairman ho commiitte. On motion by . A rNEY,I Resolved, That the proe$ leeting be published in thd he District. On motion, the neoing ad. - F. H. WARDLAI W. C. MoRAGIfl, SQc'ry, The frllowing are the Reso he Virginia Legitlattire refer ohationis of the meeting: i-Resolutions relative to th the Congress of the U slavery in any territory i conquest or treaty.-[A. 1647.1 O1. Be.it resolced, una Gener.L Assembly 'of Vi Government of the Unite control, directly or indirect immediately, over the insi ry, so as to impair the rig holder;.and that, in taking trol, it transcends the' limi mato functions. by destroyit organization of the 6ovet created it. -2. Resolved, unonimous., territory which may be acqu arms of the United States, or treaty with any foreign Pan to the several States of this Univfr-aa their joint and common property, in hich each and all have equal rights; aniTa&hat the enactment, by the Federal .Gbjerament, of any law which shourd direc't or by its effiects, prevent the citizens ofany-State from emi-raling, with their:t,rperty, or whatever description, itto stfe territory, wou Id make a discrimiiation 'awairarit ted hy and in viletion of the coiromises of the constituiiftn and the rights Efthe.States from which such citizens emigrated, and in derogation of that perfect equality that belongs to the several -States spmembers of this Union. and would .tend 'Airectly 'to subvert the Union itself. 3. Revolaed, That if. in disfegard alike of the spirit and. principles 6f the act of Congress on the admission of&e State of Missouri into the Union. generaly known as the Missouri compromise, and of. every consideration of jastice,.k.6foustitution al riglt, of and fraterna ihe fear ful igsue shall be forced 'il be complry which must result from th's io ind attempted enforcement of the Wilmot [iro viso as an act ofthe General.Government, the people of Virginia, can l9ave ne diM.. culiy in choosing between the only al ,-. .....,,.., ..-uy aw;tr wrhat. ever purpose, bay which territory o be ae quired mtay lhe suhjebt to such a restric tion. "5. Resolved, unanimodsli That the passage or the above menQtdprovi se tmakes it the duty of everygjeleholding State and of.all the citizens thereof, as they value (heir ilenrest privtleges, their sovereignty, their independence, thaetr righis, of property. to take firm, untted; and con. certed'action in this etnergetney." 11. Resolved, That we regardl the pass. sae of a lay lay the Congress ifth e UnaitedJ Sates, atbolishing slavery tar te ilve tradek in thte District of Columbaiah.a a direct auark upaon the instituatiotis of tsee Sunth ern States, to be resisted at every haanrd. 111. Resolved. That in the:Isvent of the passage by Congress of the"Wtihnot Pro vista," oar any law atatlishaing slfavery' or thec sl;ave trade in the District of Columbaia, the Governor or tbis Conatnongeahhth is re quested immecdiately tta couvane tlte Le. gislature of this State (ilf it shall have adt jaourtned) to consider of the mode and mea sure of redress. REMARKS OF JUDGE $UTLER. Mr. B. s:,'td Mr. Preside-nt, whena sovereign State presents suchfieresolution as the otte read from yaur ta6le, it isa signifacant omen oaf the times,. Its ver brevity is a commttentaryupaismos and itttettt. It pturports to havebeen paissed by btath baranches of the legislature, and in the name of the people of South C&ftlina, .and comes htere unde.r the seal 6f the State. It is my duty to say that itis tiot the ex, prcssion of transient paopular4ecitemnent but it evinces the deep convichiounrfa pee pIe who think that their rights are dange rotusly threatened, and will be pat itn peri by the action of Congress, which is the commton agrent, and shoul be the etnmmt: guartdiant of all the parties-to the federa conip'act. . , .-South Carolina will not see1c or desira an occasion fur the applicalionof her reso lttioa. She will i no oflensive act ta bring abtaut such a painful..emergency But-shtould she lae forced-dtemeet tha 'hreateetissue, and requaired;to take at: attitude of resistance to the utajst and ag gressive policy oaf a blitnd arnd self--susitin intg mtaarity, it would be treaiant in.mne a. her representative to 90ppose that alt would not make hier words goo'd, or subject herself to all the hazards of- triqil; and it tltis she will not be .alone. virginia hat .lready spoakena language tofret:ulemn ant deliberate to be'mistaken, an4ivhaich ws tmade -he more impressive:.by the Ian igage of my frienad wh o sits near me (Mr. Hlunter, of Virginia-J .When States make such pledges, throughT their repre sentatives, tltey itmpose .upoaGthemselves an obligation toisintain'them.- The pen pIe of South Carolina entertaini a profound respect for Virginia, andI maniy-of het peotple cherish hereditary attachmietnt te her soil, history, and institutions. Seutl Carolina will stattd by her to 'the-last, ant sustain per in whatever positiorkshe mnay think ptoper to assume; and will do so 1it the motto of my own btate, .ihich Ian gtrags catin't be mole dpiprtIwlyusem d4 an on this occasion-Aninis opibusque -nper parati." Well has if become that ustrinus CommnnwealIh.to be the first in oclaiming her own anti the rit,its of her 1theri confederates. Well has she been lied a mother of States. -Look at those it have sprung rmm her bounty. Witb uncalculating generwsity of i parent, sohmitted to conditions, as to some of se.Territories ceded by her peculiarly -orable at that time to her mi-slave Iding breihrela. Can It he that, like a :katrice, any portion of these -Siates, the people of these Sintes, would avail imselves of these conditions, and the wer acquired under them, to sting the som that gave them life? . Virginia may ve to submit to ingratitide, and nia.y not able to avrPid wanton insurt. but she mot submit to deliberate wrong and Iful :aggression. [ler history would suke and her resolutions would ieproach -. No. sir, ihat illustrioaus Common alth has been. like Judah, he lion's eipl in this confederacy ; and she cannot uch, like Issachar, and become the ass .ween burdens. Alr. Prebiden, Virginia and) South Caro .a nre noti the only Siatesthat will speak Sthis mimentous subjec.' All the south. *n States similarly situated will use lan iae of the same'deliberate impori; and ', in the face of such warning, our north rni brethren-for I- will call theni so hall turn a deaf ear to it, and shall go on o consummate thicir acts of injustice and isfranchisement b!ty odious and discrimi ing lugislation, assailiog the equality of he States, and violating sacred contracts, he blame will ie on their heands. Such n act will evince a - criminal temerity ardly to find a parallel in the history ol ny people. They may-assurne to act pon the supposition of our division, and -tecause they know we cherish an attach ment to the Union, by so many consecra ted associations of a common history. They calculate upon success by sp.ring with ou[ aoction. I once saw a youth struck .y his neighbor and relative ; and when-he was reproached for not reseting it, lie replied that lie had always learned through his parents that they were bound together by the lies of friendship and con sanguinity, and that he-did not wish to be thefirst to disturb them. Well, sir, the submission ouly provoked, additional as sault. Our non-slaveholding countrymen may think that we wWl submit like the simiable youth. instead of consulting the impulses atd wise suggestions of self respect. And. sir, there'is no substituit for such a sentiment. Once banish it frorr a people or.an individual, and degradatior and degeneracy must follow. These State have been bound together -by the ties o patriotism and fraternal consauguinity The federal constitution wai the 'work w wie, practical, and patriotic statesmen, ant the guaranty they relied ulion for its m.ain tenanc.e and perpetuity tvas the good faith in *hich it 6riginated. Those from the iiu-slaveholding. Satii were then .to wusnr,l;nttq of touttittin ri*him'.~Leka .eg er m Pt ' : ,...,.......,u,--'aSpponemi. Arid. sir I wtll tnt diraw a c!tirast hetweeti them selves atnd those wvho are nows, utnder the cnme of free soil and deceitful phtilanthro phty. condtucting t he datigerous agitatiun: upon thme lavre 'quiestiton. I will not dray the parallel The con?'ast between iha t wo will lie obvius to nll, and it is tio niecesary to wr*ite their names on thu picture;- All the fears of disunion miay h< hianished, antI harmotny restored by thi Northetonsing atnd acting uj{nn the grea tmaxitms tf mod'eration and justiee. Le them stay the haind of aggressive. violencre let them slay the spirit of itijustice; le them tno longer encourage the wild faniati cistm of an irresptinsible mulItitudle. TIin Sotith will act int tdefensive co-operation but will not ititen titonally agitate, for the puirpose of factiont and discord, with a vim to profit biy theta. The nor-thern poopli say that silavery cantnot go inito Calfrniu and Ne w Me xico, unless the laws left it foirce biy Mlexico shall ibe repealed; and ye they itnsist upotn superadding to any ac that may lie bronght forward ft)r the gov ernmenuct of these territories~, a provisiton fo the e xclusion of slavery; not, as they, say that it is necessary, but because they wisi now to establish the diactritie to excltdl tiouthern slavehohders fromi atn egual par ticipation in the fruits of future comnquies This doctrine, Mr. President, auhrese iise.f tt, and is revolting tt, ntfural setnsi bility, atid in violatiotn of ithe cotmpacts an conmpromnises of the constitution. tii nothitng more npor less thtan sayitig that thi Stotnh may lie comnpelled, untder it s obili giations to the great federal comnpact,.t tmake its ctontribtionits of men and mmour' to carry on the w'ar, but shall be. denie the ri2hts of equals ini the ettjoytient of iih cotiquest. It is not a resttiction, sir, as some hnv said, and as some oif m,ur Georgia friendt have said, sir; but it is piroecriptive policy to prevent which the South should lie pre pared am this titme to tiake every sacriiece If we submtiit le t ifo1w, it is a subimissimi which will reduce us fromi a posi titnti equiality in what we bplieve to be one e degradation. I have made tno threat shall nmate no threat. I have no suel disposition; hut if Sout h Carolina shall b, placed in such a situation. there carn b net doubt but that she will enforee tha restolution. I am boutnd to say, sig thati this position is forced, tupotn her, shte wil stand by Virginia, the will stantd b herself, sir. This may lie avoided; att God grant, Mr, President, that states men and patriots may be raised up fron the ttnm-slaveholding States, wuhio ma have the courage to do jtustice atnd wI will consult.the dictates of wisdom an< prudence., a -- INSTEMRPERANCE.-President Jeffersoi once saidl: "The habiit of using ar detnt spirits biy men itl oflice, has occasion ed more injury to the publec, find mor trouble to me, thatn all other causes--ani were I to commence my administratioi again, with the. ex prietice I now hive, ths first question I would ask respecting a can didate wvoultd be, "Dues he u'se'rte spiri?" DREADFUL ACCIDENT. We do not remember to have read a -more heart-4ending occurrence than that oullished b'y the Kingston (Ulster country) Jourual of Wednesday, and which occnrr ed at Ellenville, in that cotrn:y. on Friday list, at the house ofrMr. Wn. litchinson. Mr. H. it appears was heating upon a stove, a composition for paint composed of oil and turpentine, when it unexpuctc,l. ly took fire. With much presence or mind he seized a stick of wood and set the kettle upon the floor, thew- hi4tened to an adjoining room to procure a piece of cr pet which was in readiness. to throw over the ve4sel,and extinguish the flame. But the blaze reiching almost in the ceiling, and the smoke. completely filling the room alarmed the family that the house would be on fire; and life oldest childi a daugh ier of nine years, seizing a boy of eighleen nm'hihs, ra imo the hall adjoining. foi lowed by the mother with the remnairAng child, and daughter of seven years. Their cries, and the dense smoke, at, iracted imttinidiate attention. and no in dividual living on the opposite of the hall in the same house, seeing the cause of the alarm,- regardless of himself, hurried on a pair, ofleather mittens, entered the room seized the flaiting vessel by its sides, and made for the street. But an coming into t he hall, a strong breeze. from the front door drove both the smoke and the blaze direci ly into his face, bpruing him severeJy, and preventiog him from seeing or knowing anything that was passing about him. In this condition lie was obliged to cast the vessel from him, which lie did, as far as he was able, towards the froni door. But being himself, burned, and blinded by the smoke, he could give no direction to it, and shocking to relate, it struck the head of the little girl who had the infan.t in her arms, qnd who was at the instapt crossing the hall spilling its boiling and blazing contents over the persons of her self and brother 1 This was all the dreadful work f a Ili ment, and when the father reached the hall, he saw his children itr.uggling in the flames! Nuwithstanding tbe awful spec tacle, hii proeence of mind did not.forsake him. He immediately threw the carpet he had been in quest of, over his children, and wrapping it close about them, at once extinguished the flames. But. it was all too late ! The litile suferers. were already so shockingly b,nedj that they copld not long survive, The sialding oil had po.e. trated sii deeply their 4ender. persoQs,, their heads, faces, and b,sts, that life could not long continue. The younogest ,ia..ger ed in mlsery about eiihteen hours oniy, and the. oldest has just now expired I P-APER MILLS BURNT. We regret 'to record the.destrution of the extensive Paper Mills Kf ol. i. Don ham, situated on Reedy River, Ave miles !selow this Villdge. The fire wasdiscove r ed on the roof about 8 o'clock in the Morni ing. on Satuday. the 10th inst., iot until a, hole was- burnit through. thi ri, nd the materials, on the fAoorof the up. r siory, ire. Owig - tohe;cnm; bustible nature of thenhuildiogs an1:1Flh cotutents. in 1i-itii-edible -narnon spie t time, after the discovery or the fire. ihe prineipal httilding. four st4ries hial. WaR entirely enveloped i .lames. The fire soo wa comunentilto a smaller Mill. some forty or fifty feet ditant, where wrapping paper wais tniliitu,red, and that was rapidily burned, the irel' por tion of hoth buildings being of Ru.-0ad illud wish themost consumible materal. Abt,,i S2.000) worth of jiap-i, and 18 or 20,000 pouitnds of rags, and neaiHy all of thme ranchinety, (which had been but little worn.) was counsumemid. By. great exer lions of the Siuperintenident anid hands pf the establishmet, a considerable quaentity of paper was saved. Col. Diunhtam's hoss is -esiimated to be at least $20,000-anoin. suranice. The estr'uction n,this valuable proper my is.a piubJie calamity, espe'cially- in this section, wilere inanufacturin'g is in its inftancy, and needs allthenuremn of,-"ood fortunie amid heo enconageent sustain it. Time emrrion pranopriiento s however, already mtaking arrangements-to re-build his Mis. lie hstewri yin pathy of his frietids in his loan, but they know his enei-gy and skill in all the baai. ness lie undertakes will soon redeem the bnd fortune he lies riiet with, dnd place the Mills at work once more. to the mnutual advancement of liis own private aa "eli as te pumblic good, withm which all snech Imlauble m'nterprif.es are ntecessairi ly iden-. tiaed.- Greenville Mountlaiear,'lJ6th,.inat. Correspondence of the. Tribune, /TIlE SECRET PROTOCOL. IW IT CAME OUT. .. VtAsUiNGTONI, Feb.5. I uniderstand the Secret Protocal to the Mexicani Treaty of Peace amid Limits came tn thn madce public under the following cir Scuumtes:. A tzentlem2en interested in land elaims'In Texas unsder oldl M~exi'canm grants called on Il. Ros~a,the. Mexican ,Minister here, for soimem infonrmation or aid in the premises. M. Rosa acceuded to his request, and, in the course rof the investigmion, refete.nce 1was niecessarlly made to the late tVreaty of fGtunsialoupe Hlidalgo wnih regar'd to its fbearing on these claims. Our coutrymnan Iwas amazed tonfind attached to the official coupymf that Treaty in tIme hands of the Mexican Minister a Protocol of which he was utterly ignorant, having a direct and important bearing ot hiicase. He com (mumuicamed his discovery and his amaze Iment to a-promiinent Senattur who called tupon M. Rosa, and readhily obtainedi from him a copy of the Protocal. On the utrenigth of this copy, 'the matter is no>w before the People. Ne~w INyETIot.-A young Fr-ench engineer named M. Testude de Beaureg ard, has invented a steam qogine d.ivemn by the vapour of wvater in what lje calls its "spheroidal- atel." &comtmmeation in La Pressem states-the-boiler is placed in a bat-h ml mnehed lead; and watersprejcted in smalqtatimites at a time upon its heat. e d'surface, the spheroidal state is produc ed ;'and although the tempWeralture of the water neveir rises above 190 deg-, the elastic force of the ivapour given' of, is ('tunds to be very far atperior to' that of dien,wVin its nrdina?,e donitiofs.: ff to -Anr$ it if - Ttie New York Joirnal'of, Commerce, if Saturday, remarks: "If we,misakoe no, here has been quite a change in publio ientiment at the North, 'withii a shori ine, as to the expedieney of passig the- - Wilmot proyiso. Several papers, - jeore were silent, or edicated'bVh in, have come o0 decidedly in favor- o referring the whole case to the people o,. lte Territories, agreebly to Mr. Douglas ill, now before the Senate; or, *in e words, authorising them to ip prciiX;*4t9;;, lnce, to the adoption of State cousitiun inns, with suen provisions In rega~ slavery as they may deem'prdper."C The Prize Fighters.-Hyer arrart ursd in Prison-Attorney General -Reed- - at the request of Attorney.General' Rich rdson, of Maryland, communicated'b' telegraphic despach, yesteiday moiuinj had Hyer. the victor in the late disgraeil prize fight, who was in this city, arrest on a bench'warrant. issued by Judgo Pare son of tie Ceurt or Quarter Sessions.. llyer had a hearing before Judge Parson' - yesterday afternoon, and was commitedi to the loyamenoing Prison to await thie requsition .nf the Governor of. Maryland" Sullivan, the vanquished party in the'ighl was here yesterday morning, ht eluded. ihe police, and it is said left for New-York.T Canada Amnhety Bill.-The hill grant.. , ing a full and unqualified amnesty j Yall persons who took part ii the civil dissen iions which disturWed Canada I or 12 years since, is enfitledi "An Act ror the, Queen's most Graciotis, Geaneraland F'' Pardon," and has alteady passed botl: ' Houses by a unanimous vote. Iack2o who was excluded from the benefits of previous measures of this kind,will n at liberty to return. .Pi4b(ic Dinner by Gen. Cak.-O th. 22d of.January, Gen. Cass gave a.pu *j-.. A entertainment at the Benton 1Uouse,.to - tnemberq of the Legislature, heads.- IV partments, and the citizens of. Liasing. generally. Abut" two hundred persone attended. Oqv..Rtausenm presided,.assted by seven Vice Presidents. Sundry s,oasid . were given and responded ;o-so f them rather Free Suilish,. BaItle in .Ycaan.-A teleraphicrepo i in the Baltimore Sun from New Orlean dated Jan. 26, says a battle was fo'ih("by* the Americarts ad odiansthe fo numbering 500 andi -ilatter 10.000. The Indiasi werd arivena biek, with', a slaughter, and tei.towaofTblacapturea and burnt. The Amercats, at a counts, were marching towards BasseIj%T A' where a dicisi6e and desparate bate anticipated. Donkey.-Amid aroceso 1 York, there was a man on aponyw i stubbornly refused to go e p which the crowd :htiizzd.'Idady. sad he, don't' goidlls, 649 ti 61- ma a n -ise .he eriier wiltihiiia AI iniang a lot i diukeys,na'ailer-e, I tngwll ndce-ni4.i .o,*iayNren all I can do"t 'eroh. d a l - pass. - rse, trahili shall diret,. . i o each precint,-next.Augas,i. jetfti so pIe-y gitaiictly'on this question-a'Stfu)l slavery is perpietuated in Keti ;el - not ?" Ttbis vile to he the instreeton;go the people: to the Conv6nti en. i. Mr. Clay.-W~e learn that The- rer't,t's this gentle-matn to the SIenate of the Uaited States wsill not interfere with hie jurpee of p;assing thte winter in New Orleans~.,., it his present intention, we are informed, - to repair:to Washington for the short ox. ecutive session in March. WYhdb the venea rite,d st-atesm;alsall.returitaotheNorth ' we tust that it may lie ty.ith- his liath petrfect ly i-e-est abl ished.-Pacayu"e Biography of Gao. P. Barker.-T he t Buidohe papers coti!ain a prospectus for ~4 pueblishiang a.iography of Gen. George P lisrker. by Mr-. G. J. Bryan, easisted -by Dr. Lnrd anid othei- gentlemen converat with the lift of the deeased. dreenough's ,9tattie of' Washingon,-T' which stands in froni ef the. capitol of the Untital States, seerns to be doomed to speeslyJ.deay., TI'e action of the weather, and the imperfect chtaracter tef the marble. have been the Snuse of serious nmutiratious. -. which now dis guie this choice piece of - sculpture.. = Trees sam! vides whlich are* kepst.the . .. cle.-nes~t hiea- the best. Like the human -. body) the poref of their skin will 'become . clogaed with dirt, pad retain gases which: should escape. Tres, the bark of which ' has beeni scraped and scrubbed, become more thriving and vtgorons. Let the jlresence of God be the bright ness of every landscape~, thte zest of .every pleasure. the energy for every undertaking, the refug,e from every danger. the solace in every sorrow', the-asylum of your hid- . den life, and the constdnt Sdbbatht of your soul. - Found Guilty of Murder.-T he cor. respondent of the Boston Chronotype, writ ing ftrm Plymouth, N. H.. says thati thte trial of Rev. Ezra Dudley, for -the murder of his wile, has resulted in his convictionl. The murder wvas committed on tbe ,jh'o March last. Sas -A wvag -of our aeq,uait?tnce. sawing with a saw that was not t*sbsarp eat saw in the world, after vainly tuy~t to saw with it broAmo est as follows :-G~ all the saws that 1'euer saw saw, 1 never saw a saw saa like ,hat saw saws." A Mississippi paper froposes Gen. 3oJ A. q.uitman, well; k.u.o.wn as one of. heVoes.of the .Mexicas. WiAr, tss a9Q dt date for Gbvernor of'That State. A Bachtlor's Life.-Misu Bretuer toil us..that thie life-of-a rich old baehelor is- a spleudid breal%fast, a tolerably fiat dinne~ and amost miserable supiper.. h-i-sjid- that there is one physiciatdin she city who' approves-ofe tight iaeig1l th.e reason that it kiillaa thi lbs~ L and alitws the senssible ones so giq N'Ota Caotorw4-The 4/gislledof this State adjoned sine:die on:Eiddday the 29th strmo, after a sesslon-of about a 11 week.-Colubia Telegraph.:* Ex-Governor, alorrill, orfN.lle~ shitr,eiYiJlited Stats 8aSe rA dioa-t Concord last week.~